Today is Monday, July 29th. I’m Lucas Dixon, and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It will be hot, but cloudy today in the DFW area. Temperatures will reach 96 degrees with a heat index of 100 and winds blowing out of the south/southwest, gusting up to 13 miles per hour.

Today is Friday, July 26th. I’m Elise Randall, and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It’ll be hot again today in the DFW area. Temperatures will reach 92 degrees under partly sunny skies, with winds out of the southeast, gusting up to 12 miles per hour. Air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Today is Thursday, July 25th. I’m Lucas Dixon, and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It’ll be hot again today in the DFW area. Temperatures will reach 90 degrees under mostly sunny skies, with winds out of the southeast, gusting up to 10 miles per hour. Air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Today is Wednesday, July 24th. I’m Trevor Ontiveros, and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It’ll be hot again today, and the air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. Temperatures will reach 89 degrees in the DFW area under sunny skies, with winds out of the east/northeast, gusting up to 9 miles per hour. Our top story is: A 22 year old Fort Worth man was arrested in Mississippi yesterday, accused of killing an Ole Miss student.

Today is Tuesday, July 23rd. I’m Trevor Ontiveros, and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It’ll still be hot today in the DFW area, with temperatures reaching 90 degrees. But there is some good news -- it will be less humid. Winds will be out of the north/northeast, gusting up to 13 miles per hour. Our top story is: Former Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald will try again to be reinstated and receive back pay during a hearing on August 1st.

Today is Monday, July 22nd. I’m Lucas Dixon, and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It will be hot again today in the DFW area. Temperatures will reach 97 degrees, but will feel like 105, under partly sunny skies. Winds will come from the west/northwest, gusting up to 15 miles per hour. Our top story is: Rapper Tay-K was found guilty of murder Friday for his part in a home invasion robbery that left a young father dead and another man wounded.

Today is Friday, July 19th. I’m Elise Randall and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It will be hot again today in the DFW area. Temperatures will reach 98 degrees, but will feel like 101 under mostly sunny skies. Winds will come from the south, gusting up to 16 miles per hour. Our top story is: A man is dead after he held 4 other people, including children, hostage with a gun inside a west Fort Worth apartment complex.

Today is Thursday, July 18th. I’m Lucas Dixon and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It will be hot and breezy today in the DFW area. Temperatures will reach 98 degrees, but will feel like 101 under sunny skies. Winds will come from the south, gusting up to 22 miles per hour. Our top story is: 3 people were shot yesterday afternoon in east Fort Worth. Police records show the drive-by shooting occurred in the 5400 block of East Berry Street at about 2:40pm.

Today is Wednesday, July 17th. I’m Trevor Ontiveros and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Fort Worth will see partly cloudy skies today with a high around 99.

Our top story is: Testimony began yesterday in the capital murder trial of rapper Tay-K in connection with a 2016 botched home invasion that left a 21-year-old father dead. At issue is whether Tay-K, whose real name is Taymor McIntyre, anticipated or should have anticipated that a murder would be committed when he participated in the robbery at a Mansfield home. Ethan Walker, who was a father of a young girl, was shot in the stomach during the robbery and later died. McIntyre pleaded guilty Monday to 2 counts of aggravated robbery by threats in connection with the robbery of Walker’s girlfriend and another man inside the home. He has pleaded not guilty to capital murder and to a separate count of aggravated robbery.

In education news: Grand Prairie Independent School District has named Linda Ellis as interim superintendent after Superintendent Susan Simpson Hull died from injuries following a motorcycle crash last week. Ellis, the deputy superintendent of teaching and learning, will fill the position until the Grand Prairie School Board launches a formal search. 60-year-old Hull was on vacation in Arizona when she crashed and died from her injuries. She had been superintendent of Grand Prairie ISD for 12 years.

In crime news: Survivors of sexual assault will see an added layer of transparency later this year through a statewide database that tracks the progress of sexual assault evidence kits. And Arlington has been one of the first cities to test the new system in Texas. Mandated by a state law passed in 2017, the database will require police departments, crime labs, and medical facilities to update a kit’s location in the criminal justice system. Survivors will be able to access the online database anonymously. Arlington was 1 of 5 cities chosen to participate in an early launch of the system that began June 10th. The other cities chosen to identify potential issues before the September 1st statewide launch include Amarillo, El Paso, Houston, and Lubbock.

And finally: Texas football coach Tom Herman is on board with the Longhorns renewing their rivalry with Texas A&M. Yesterday, at the Big 12 media days at AT&T Stadium, the 3rd-year coach said, quote, “I’d love to see the rivalry renewed. It’s great for college football. It’s great for Texas.” The last time the Aggies and Longhorns played was in 2011, which was A&M’s last year in the Big 12 before moving to the Southeastern Conference. The schools have played 109 times, dating back to 1903.

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Today is Tuesday, July 16th. I’m Trevor Ontiveros and this is your daily briefing from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It’ll be mainly sunny today in Fort Worth, with a high around 100 degrees. Our top story is: There soon could be a new sanctuary city in North Texas. This one would be for “the unborn.” Leaders in Mineral Wells are scheduled tonight to discuss whether they’d like to consider following the lead of the small East Texas town of Waskom.